"I put myself on the line, and I've taken a lot of hits, a lot of slander, a lot of character assassination," O'Donnell says peevishly in this clip. Referring, presumably, to various allegations of witchcraft, resume-padding, false claims of relationships with prominent clowns, and general absurdity.

Perhaps as a result, O'Donnell's camp has clamped down on press access — which may explain why CNN is reduced to dramatizing a small misunderstanding on the format of the meeting and portentiously describing the Republican forum as taking place "oddly enough...just two doors down from a Halloween costume shop."